No. They might do a fudge and give us €10 a month back in our pay but they will take it out again in other ways. Remember for a family of 4 with water and sewage the new water tax will take around €500 a year out of our pockets. And that is on after tax salary. Plus while the government may be trumpeting that they don't have to do the full €2 billion adjustment they will probably still do €1 Billion. That will be 1 billion in extra taxes, charges or cuts. That will still make it one of the worse, most painful, austerity budgets in the history of the state it is just the government spin doctors will be telling us it is great that it wasn't even worse. It will be like a thug beating you with a baseball bat and at the same time telling you how lucky you are because his friends wanted him to use an iron bar on you.
No. They might do a fudge and give us €10 a month back in our pay but they will take it out again in other ways. Remember for a family of 4 with water and sewage the new water tax will take around €500 a year out of our pockets. And that is on after tax salary. Plus while the government may be trumpeting that they don't have to do the full €2 billion adjustment they will probably still do €1 Billion. That will be 1 billion in extra taxes, charges or cuts. That will still make it one of the worse, most painful, austerity budgets in the history of the state it is just the government spin doctors will be telling us it is great that it wasn't even worse. It will be like a thug beating you with a baseball bat and at the same time telling you how lucky you are because his friends wanted him to use an iron bar on you.